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Big names join NBT book fair
Khalsa College wins GND varsity sports tourney for 12th time
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New promotion policy for safai karamcharis being recommended
Ex-Principal of DAV College felicitated with lifetime award
CME on advances in oculoplasty held
Police to Residents
EC urged to take note of political transfers
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Big names join NBT book fair
Jalandhar, April 7 Dr Baldev Singh Badan, Chief Editor and Joint Director of the National Book Trust, is upbeat about the state of affairs at the fair.
“There’s an increase in the people attending the fair. Career, religion and children’s literature have major takers.”Special publishers from the region this year include Mansi Publications and S Chand and Co. Mansi sells a vast variety of paperbacks. There’s also one of the oldest publishers - National Book Shop - from New Delhi (established in 1945), which sell both Punjabi and English books. All their English books are on the Sikh history. Talking about the downside of readership patterns in Punjab, Badan says the state, sadly, has got a lot of catching up to do. “The book fairs at Patna and Kolkata have a lot of takers. If we get 70 publishers in Punjab, in Patna or Kolkata we get 400 right at the outset. Naturally, the returns are also higher. At the Patna book fair, there are barriers all round the stalls and entry by ticket at three places. Very few would pay money to enter a book fair here,” he says. Also, he says, the private publishers in some other states are very active but here the private players do not take initiative on their own. “The Prakashak Sangh in Orissa organised 35 book fairs on its own. Here we can’t even imagine them investing so much.” “On the educational front, too, there are problems. Here translations of syllabi books are not easily available in Punjabi. Many students suffer because of that. In Kolkata students never face that problem, because translations are readily available. Though, now, with the setting up of the National Translation Mission Centre, by the Central Government, this problem will be taken care of,” he said. Offering suggestions for encouraging readership in Punjab, Badan said, “Setting up libraries in villages and utmost exploitation of the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan would bring a change,” Baddan said. Publishers from Punjab, Chandigarh, New Delhi, Maharshtra, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have become a part of the fair, which will end on April 10. The fair would see the release of books like “Ek Antaheen Talash” by Niranjan Tasneem, being translated by Uma Bansal, “Nanhe Suraj” by Jasvant Singh Virdi, “Sri Guru Granth Sahib Te Manav Ekta” by Dr Mahedra Kaur Gill, “Prem Chand Diyan Chonviyan Kahaniyan” by editor Rambaksh and translator Kuldip Singh Bedi, “Shakhsiyatan” by Dr Naresh, “Shahidinama” by Ratan Singh, “Cactus” by Ramendra Kumar and translator Dr Krishna Kumar Rattu and “Hasan Amaal Diyan Char Baal Kahaniyan” by translator Kirat Singh Inqalabi. |
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Khalsa College wins GND varsity sports tourney for 12th time
Jalandhar, April 7 The trophy was awarded to the college in a function held at the university.
The college participated in 43 disciplines out of which it won first positions in athletics, hockey, archery, water polo, gatka, table tennis, korf ball, soft ball, kayaking and pistol shooting. The college bagged second position in total 14 categories and third position in nine events, earning 108 points to win the overall champion of the trophy. Principal Jaspal Singh Randhawa said every academic year the college spends more than Rs 80 lakh on sports, the outcome of which can be seen in the excellent performance of the our sportspersons. “As an excellent sports hub, the college is committed to bring out the best results in various sports disciplines,” he added. It might be noted that this year, the hockey team of the college bagged second position in the prestigious Nehru Hockey Cup and Jasjeet Singh was declared the best player of the tournament. Apart from this, Manjit Singh (Athletics) Amanpreet Singh and Amit Verma (Shooting), Pawan (Archery), Manipal and Puneet (Taekwando) and Dinesh Chowdhary (Badminton) also emerged with flying colours in various international competitions in their respective events. |
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New promotion policy for safai karamcharis being recommended
proposals
Jalandhar, April 7 She said it was being proposed that class VIII-pass safai sewaks be promoted as
sevadars after five years of service. She said it was also being recommended that those with seven-year experience and class X qualification be elevated as clerks. The commission has also proposed that the graduate safai sewaks could even be promoted as clerks in just two-year time. She declared these proposals before Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti after holding a meeting with the representatives of the Class IV unions of the Municipal Corporation. The Deputy Commissioner said he would try to forward the proposals before the government at the earliest. Municipal Corporation Commissioner Viney Bublani said of the total 2,264 posts of safai sevaks in Jalandhar, 101 were lying vacant, which would be filled in another fortnight. He said sheds were being constructed in each ward beneath which the safai sewaks could mark their attendance. He said medical check for safai sewaks would be ensured twice a year from now onwards. Rimpy Kalyan, president of the the MC Class IV Maha Union, demanded services such as pension and insurance schemes, free education for children, free accommodation and health services from the authorities. |
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Ex-Principal of DAV College felicitated with lifetime award
Jalandhar, April 7 Dr Tewari and his wife Sarita Tewari were received by members of the forum, academicians and college principals. The forum presented Dr Tewari with lifetime achievement award for his 37-year-long innings in the academics. Addressing the gathering, Dr Gurdeep Sharma, general secretary of the Principals Federation Punjab, said during his 37 years of long academic career, Dr Tewari remained a class one teacher, ace unionist at helm of affairs of Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) and AIFUCTO. “He remained a matchless administrator as the principal of DAV College,” he said. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Tewari said he would continue to serve the field of higher education with the spirit of selfless service, commitment and dedication with same zeal as he had served in different capacities in various offices in his career. Among others who were present on the occasion were Principal Dr Jaspal Singh Randhawa, Principal Dr Naresh Kumar Dhiman, Principal (retd) S.S Chatha, Principal (retd) J.C. Joshi, Seth Kundan Lal Aggarwal, Professor S.S. Hundal, former president, PCCTU, Dr Jas Mand, managing trustee, Nawan Zamana, councillor Balraj Thakur and many others. |
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CME on advances in oculoplasty held
Jalandhar, April 7 Dr Ashok Grover, president, All-India Ophthalmological Society, and other specialists of the oculoplasty in India, including Dr Nirmala
Subramaniam, Dr Apjit Kaur, Dr Shobi Pandey, Dr Usha Singh, Dr Ramesh
Murthy, Dr Raj Anand, Dr Raman Mittal and Dr Jasleen Kaur, presented their views on the newly emerging speciality of orbit and
oculoplasty. Dr Grover illustrated various minimally invasive surgical techniques involving
oculplasty, which are used for the both the vision and aesthetic correction. He added that with
oculoplasty, various aspects concerning eyelid diseases, including eye cancers, eye glands problems, eye infections and cosmetic uplift of disfigured eye, could be treated. Dr Apjit Kaur presented cases showing how the minor eyelid problems, if not treatment in time, could lead to corneal ulcers that could lead to permanent blindness. Dr Jaswant Singh
Thind, organising secretary of the CME, said it was attended by over 200 delegates, including ophthalmologists, members of the Jalandhar unit of the
IMA, dermatologists, plastic surgeons and oral and maxillofacial surgeons of the region. Dr Apoorva
Mittal, prominent orbit and oculoplastic surgeon, concluded the meeting by thanking the audience and the trade delegates. |
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Young World
Jalandhar, April 7 Chief guest Dr Avtar Chand, Medical Superintendent, Civil Hospital, spoke on various aspects of health and stressed on taking precautions like visiting a qualified doctor, acquiring knowledge about diseases like tuberculosis, cancer, AIDS/HIV and much more and taking correct and full dosage of medicines. He added that this was imperative for building a healthy nation. Dr Kamlesh Singh Duggal, Head, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, emphasised on the need of bringing awareness regarding health and related problems. “Knowledge about the health awareness would improve the society gradually,” he added. Dr H.S. Lamba, Assistant Professor, Pathology from the Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), explained the importance of celebrating World Health Day. He told the students about the link between drug addiction and AIDS. “Drugs are on a rise, alcohol intake is increasing, use of tobacco and intake of fast food are other factors which are taking their toll on health. Drug abuse has led to HIV explosion in Punjab, especially in cities like Amritsar,” he added. Surinder Saini from the Jalandhar Welfare Society explained about the role of the NGOs in creating health awareness. He said, “Unless we take care of our own health, we cannot take care of the health of our society. Youth is the property of any nation,” he maintained. Dr Anoop Vats, general secretary of the NGO, coordinated the seminar and handled the stage. The students and faculty also took a pledge to eliminate female foeticide. Among others who were present on the occasion were Dr Kirti Mehta, Dr Chanchal Sharma and Dr Parminder Pal, Dr Namarta Joshi, Charan Kamal Walia, Kirti Loomba, Ruchika Chawla and other staff members. Placement
Four MBA students of the Apeejay Institute of Management bagged placement with ICICI Bank at an annual package of Rs 3.17 lakh. The selected students are Tarun Sharma, Surinder Beri, Arun Kumar Kakkar and Gaurav Thakur. Officiating Director of the institute Dr Rajesh Bagga congratulated the students and highlighted various career opportunities for hardworking students. Seminar on Mahatma
The Gandhian Study Centre of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya (KMV) organised a national seminar on “Mahatma Gandhi: The champion of human rights”. Addressing the gathering, key speaker Dr K.C. Mahendru said today’s world is based on materialism and this is adversely affecting human rights. “That is why the Gandhian ideology based on truth, fraternity and non-violence is the need of the hour,” he added. Among others who spoke on the occasion was Chander Mohan, president of the Arya Shiksha Mandal, Dr Jai Narayan Sharma from Panjab University, Chandigarh, Dr M.L. Sharma, Director of Gandhian Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Dr K.K. Ghai, Dr Ashu Pasricha, Dr Masand from Iran and many other academicians. School for deaf
Tanuja, a student of Class III at the Khosla School for The Deaf, has bagged the third prize in the state-level painting competition for special children organised by NGO Pratham and the Child Welfare Society. Besides, she also topped the various categories of athletics events in the school-level sports completions and in the annual academic examinations. For her outstanding performance in academics and extra-curricular activities, she has been given double promotion for the coming academic session. Anti-drugs rally
Students of the St Soldier Nursing Training Institute organised an anti-drug rally at Khambra village. Students holding placards highlighting affects of drug abuse spread awareness among the villagers. Investiture ceremony
An investiture ceremony was held at Innocent Hearts School. Prof Jaswant Sharma announced the names of the members of the student council. The Head Boy and the Head Girl held the school flag and the Captains of all the four houses held their house flags. The oath was administered. Setting a new tradition, the Head Boy, Aman Madaan, and the Head Girl, Kesu Singh, of the previous session, handed over the responsibilities to them by adorning them with a sash and a badge each. The members of the student council are Head Girl (Senior) Himantika Aroa, Head Boy (Senior) Sajaan Kakkar, Vice Head Boy Abhinav Sharma, Vice Head Girl Yagya Seghal, Head Boy (Junior) Shauray Kapoor, Head Girl (Junior) Nidhi Suman. Captains, Vice-Captains and Prefects from each house were elected. The Principal of the school, Dheeraj Banati, felicitated all the office-bearers and motivated them to discharge their duties to the best of their capacity. Art competition
An art competition was organised for the students of the junior wing of CT Public School at McDonands here. The theme for the contest was World Cup. Out of 47 students, Kunwarvir Lehri of Class IV bagged the best painting award in the sub-junior group and Ria Sewak of Class VI hailing from the junior group was adjudged the winner. Nishit of Class III and Kamalpreet Kaur of Class V were given an appreciation award each. Jagjit Singh Saroya, ACP, Jalandhar city police, and Naresh Rajan, representative of McDonalds, New Delhi, gave away softies and coupons for eatables to all the contenders. The Principal of the school, Ranjana Rajput, was present. |
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Police to Residents
Jalandhar, April 7 Although the orders in this regard have already been publicised by the police at various points of time, the fresh orders have come in the wake of commencement of the new academic session, when the city would witness massive inflow of students and their families. “With the start of new academic session, there would be a massive shuffling of students and their families, who would shift in rented accommodations. To update the record regarding the origin and profession of such tenants, it is mandatory for the owners of rented accommodations to submit the said information to the respective police stations,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police Arun Pal Singh. The orders are equally applicable on the owners of various commercial and industrial units, who are bound to give the detailed information of their employees to the police, he added. Arun Pal added that punitive would be taken against violators of the orders under Section 188 of the IPC. The orders were passed after the police, in many fraud cases, found it difficult to trace the permanent address and profession of such tenants and employees, the information of whom was not available with the landlords and their employers, respectively. |
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EC urged to take note of political transfers
Phagwara, April 7 He alleged free and fair elections were certainly not possible with such arm twisting of officers by the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir
Badal. Talking to newsmen in Phagwara, he strongly condemned the politicisation of civil and police machinery, frequent transfers only for political reasons. Giving example, he said that honest officers like former Deputy Commissioner Kapurthala Kavita Singh, IAS, are being punished as she could not please SAD ministers, due to her transparent, honest and courageous working. Gurmail Singh urged the Chief Secretary and Punjab DGP to come forward to protect their honest officers, working sincerely to protect the rights of the common citizens. |
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